Denying prisoners legal aid is bullying the vulnerable

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‘The treatment of crime and criminals mark and measure the stored up strength
of a nation, and are the sign and proof of the living virtue in it.” Chris
Grayling, the Justice Secretary, would do well to mind Churchill’s words,
spoken more than a century ago.

Expressing outrage at taxpayers’ money allegedly squandered on “unnecessary
cases” brought by prisoners, Mr Grayling promises to preserve legal aid “for
those most in need”. Who could he mean? If he is talking about
vulnerability, prisoners are surely some of those most susceptible to abuse
— not just from the prison system, but from fellow